<< Text Pages >> Altarstein Dransfeld - Rock Art in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen
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Rock ArtSite Name: Altarstein DransfeldCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.151 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Goettingen Nearest Village: Dransfeld
Latitude: 51.480107N Longitude: 9.762077E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Cup and Ring marks in Lower Saxony, Bremen
The Altarsteine (altar stones) is a group of big boulders at the Hohe Hagen hill. Some have cup- and other marks on its surface. Archaeologist found artefacts and tool of the palaeolithic and bronze-age. On of the stones was probably a polissoir to sharpen the flintstones.
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